We are really down to the wire now, right? And if you’re like me (say you are like me — please!), you haven’t finished all of your shopping. I’m almost done — mostly finished — and I think I know what I’m going to buy for those who I haven’t bought for yet, but I do still have a few things to purchase.
We’ve been talking over at 5 Minutes for Books about buying books for Christmas (big surprise, eh?). One reason is to support authors and publishing houses in this economic crisis. Just like other industries, they’ve been hit. I wrote more about this in the Book-industry Bail Out post.
The reviewing team also compiled some gift suggestions in 5 Minutes for Books Recommends, but beyond that, you can simply visit 5 Minutes for Books and search by category in the right sidebar. Need a book for a ten-year-old niece? Check out the children’s books for ages 9 – 12. What about a book for your sweet Christian aunt? Check out the Christian category (for fiction and non-fiction reviews), or perhaps Women’s Interest.
So, stop in a bookstore and browse (armed with our recommendations), or better yet, hop online to amazon.com. If you are a Prime member, you can still get free two-day shipping if you order by 6pm Eastern today, or you can pay for two-day shipping at checkout and have it by Christmas Eve. I just made a last-minute order yesterday and shipped it to my destination so that it will be waiting when I get there on Christmas Eve.
Whether someone is a confirmed booklover or not, there is something to be found in a bookstore for almost everyone, and if not — at least I get to spend time in the Christmas rush at my favorite place: in a shop filled with books, or browsing my favorite online destination amazon.com.
So, have you bought any books this Christmas?
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Every year we buy at least one book for each. My nine year old loves to reads (like his mom) and his younger brother (5) is a budding reader. Now that I remember I also bought a book for my husband. If someone gave me a Barnes & Noble giftcard and about half a day to go shop, I would be one happy camper.
Yes. I actually just bought a book for my MIL last week. It’s by Robin Jones Gunn. I’m planning to put it in her stocking.
Books are a favorite gift in our house. Although, the kids really are getting to a point where they have too many. We just cannot part with any of them.
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December 22, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I bought several books for each of my boys, and my niece as part of their Chanukah presents. As an educator I love giving books as gifts.
I’ve still not stepped up to the ‘prime reader’ as I’m a bit hesitant about the application form details.
As for which books, I’ve bought to many to list here, books are always my first choice.
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Books make the very nicest gifts, really.
I didn’t get any, but I hope my husband bought me some.
I agree, i love books. The problem is i cant hold out to wait to see if someone bought me some. I just read The Host by the same author as twilight and i really enjoyed it.
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My son got a book for Xmas from his teacher and we have gotten him one too (he loves the Magic Treehouse series and they had a new book finally!) And my DH is getting me books, the first couple in the Twilight series so I’ll finally be able to read them!
I love books and I think that a good book is better than a good movie. I’ve been trying to get my son into books since he was young. I must have over 40 books that I’ve bought him since he was born (4 yrs ago), in the hopes of getting him hooked on them. He’s only just starting to want to have books read to him and he always seems to go for the same 2-3 books. Oh well, we’ll get around to the other 37 eventually. Motto: It’s not the quantity but the quality.